Bug#375183: [Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#375183: invoke-rc.d: Uses hardcoded path to policy-rc.d

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> Package: sysv-rc
> Version: 2.86.ds1-14.1
> Severity: normal
> File: /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d
> 
> invoke-rc.d hardcodes the path to policy-rc.d. This means that a sysadmin
> who wants to write a policy layer has to put it into /usr/sbin, instead
> of /usr/local/sbin. This seems suboptimal.
> 
> Would it be possible to just rely on searching the $PATH to find the
> policy-rc.d program?

If, and *only* if all other usage of invoke-rc.d with a path is also
forbidden, then yes.  I mean in all maintainer packages, which also means an
lintian check, etc.

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